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add_key.2: Reorder list of key tpes (pace keyrings first) 

Reported-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-12-13 12:14:11 +01:00
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@ -96,13 +96,6 @@ argument to
.BR add_key ()
are the following:
.TP
.IR """user"""
This is a general purpose key type whose payload may be read and updated
by user-space applications.
The key is kept entirely within kernel memory.
The payload for keys of this type is a blob of arbitrary data
of up to 32,767 bytes.
.TP
.I """keyring"""
Keyrings are special key types that may contain links to sequences of other
keys of any type.
@ -112,6 +105,13 @@ should be specified, and
.I plen
should be zero.
.TP
.IR """user"""
This is a general purpose key type whose payload may be read and updated
by user-space applications.
The key is kept entirely within kernel memory.
The payload for keys of this type is a blob of arbitrary data
of up to 32,767 bytes.
.TP
.IR """logon""" " (since Linux 3.3)"
.\" commit 9f6ed2ca257fa8650b876377833e6f14e272848b
This key type is essentially the same as